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Barack Obama's Early Debate Against Bobby Rush

Watch Obama Challenge Rep. Bobby Rush, and Lose, in an Early Debate

Obama took on a giant of the Chicago political scene — and lost. Badly. Watch a clip from one of his first debates.

AIR DATE 9/26/12

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